Emerging Nurse Leader

A leadership development blog

How to Develop Thicker Skin in Your Nurse Leader Role

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN When I began working in my first leadership position, I took every negative comment quite personally.  I would go home sometimes feeling quite unsure of myself.  I would second guess everything I had done that day.  I remember talking with a close friend and colleague about my dilemma.  She was quite blunt in her assessment that "I needed to … [Read more...]

Are You a Good Follower?

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN "What makes for a good follower?  The single most important characteristic may well be a willingness to tell the truth.  In a world of growing complexity, leaders are increasingly dependent on their followers for good information, whether the leader wants to hear it or not."    Warren Bennis To be selected for leadership, you must … [Read more...]

Servant Leadership in Nursing

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN "The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant."  --Max De Pree One of my neighbors is fighting an aggressive cancer, and recently spent three weeks in the hospital receiving chemotherapy.  Happily, she has been discharged and appears to being doing well.  In … [Read more...]

Too Young to be Our Nurse Manager

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Rose O. Sherman,  EdD, RN, FAAN, Last week while attending the American Organization of Nurse Executive's conference, I had an opportunity to talk with many young nurse managers about their roles.  In discussing their challenges, one theme kept surfacing.  Many of these managers are 20-30 years younger than the nurses they supervise.  They spoke of their older nurses … [Read more...]

Chasing Daylight

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN There was a book called Chasing Daylight published in 2006 about a nationally known business leader who discovered he had advanced stage glioblastoma.  It is a story of how through his impending death, he learned to live in moment and face death squarely in the eye.  Living in the moment was something that he had never been able to do in his … [Read more...]